who had the first block in nba history

Otto Moore had 3 blocks against the Buffalo Braves on October 9, 1973.

Interpreted as:
Who had the first block in a game in NBA history?
NAME DATE BLK TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Otto Moore
O. Moore
10/9/1973
3
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
42
10
14
3
1
4
9
44.4
2
3
66.7
48.4
4
2 Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
10/9/1973
2
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
31
10
14
0
1
4
12
33.3
2
2
100.0
38.8
6
8
6
3 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
10/9/1973
1
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
37
26
1
4
1
11
22
50.0
4
4
100.0
54.7
1
0
2
4 Happy Hairston
H. Hairston
10/9/1973
1
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
37
14
12
4
0
5
9
55.6
4
5
80.0
62.5
3
9
4
5 Bob Love
B. Love
10/9/1973
2
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
11
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
6 Howard Porter
H. Porter
10/9/1973
1
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
29
16
5
0
1
6
12
50.0
4
4
100.0
58.1
3
2
3
7 Clifford Ray
C. Ray
10/9/1973
2
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
25
14
19
0
1
6
11
54.5
2
5
40.0
53.0
7
12
2
8 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
10/9/1973
2
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
36
12
8
1
3
5
15
33.3
2
4
50.0
35.8
1
7
2
9 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10/9/1973
6
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
41
15
19
1
0
6
10
60.0
3
5
60.0
61.5
4
15
3
10 Chet Walker
C. Walker
10/9/1973
1
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
33
26
6
1
1
8
19
42.1
10
10
100.0
55.6
3
3
0
11 Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
10/10/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
26
10
5
2
0
3
7
42.9
4
4
100.0
57.1
1
4
2
12 Corky Calhoun
C. Calhoun
10/10/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
37
16
5
4
3
6
13
46.2
4
4
100.0
54.2
2
3
1
13 Jim Fox
J. Fox
10/10/1973
1
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
24
9
11
2
1
4
6
66.7
1
2
50.0
65.4
3
8
1
14 Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
10/10/1973
2
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
44
26
9
0
1
9
22
40.9
8
10
80.0
49.2
3
6
6
15 Jim McDaniels
J. McDaniels
10/10/1973
2
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
14
4
4
1
0
2
4
50.0
0
0
50.0
1
3
4
16 Kenny McIntosh
K. McIntosh
10/10/1973
1
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
32
15
5
3
3
6
7
85.7
3
5
60.0
81.5
0
5
6
17 Neal Walk
N. Walk
10/10/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
24
8
9
6
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
44.4
1
8
6
18 Otto Moore
O. Moore
10/12/1973
2
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
40
14
10
2
1
7
10
70.0
0
0
70.0
0
10
4
19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10/12/1973
9
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
39
18
17
2
1
8
20
40.0
2
4
50.0
41.4
5
12
1
20 Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
10/12/1973
2
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
30
10
11
1
1
4
19
21.1
2
3
66.7
24.6
7
4
2
21 Bob Christian
B. Christian
10/12/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
30
5
9
0
3
2
4
50.0
1
2
50.0
51.2
3
6
2
22 Dick Cunningham
D. Cunningham
10/12/1973
1
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
9
4
3
0
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
50.0
0
3
0
23 Terry Driscoll
T. Driscoll
10/12/1973
2
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
30
10
5
2
2
5
6
83.3
0
2
0.0
72.7
0
5
4
24 Gary Melchionni
G. Melchionni
10/12/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
22
12
3
1
1
4
9
44.4
4
4
100.0
55.8
2
1
1
25 Dick Van Arsdale
D. Van Arsdale
10/12/1973
1
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
28
12
1
1
1
4
9
44.4
4
5
80.0
53.6
1
0
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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